Hi Folks, I posted asking about one of these families earlier, but it has gotten stranger. I thought I had two separate Winn/Wind and Sprigg families, but I am now thinking they may be inter-related.
There is a George Winn married to a Mary Ann Sprig in 1824 Newcastle upon Tyne. Mary does not seem to have a baptism record at this point. There is then a Henry Wind married to an Elizabeth Sprigg in 1827, Chester Le Street. Elizabeth was the daughter to a Priscilla (Craig) Sprigg (married to a Henry Sprigg 1797 in Alnwick. She also has a son John Craig Sprigg. At this point there does not seem to be a third child to Priscilla (Mary Ann). The birth record for Elizabeth hints at either Henry Spriggs dying or absconding as the birth record says "Mrs Sprigg" but as a single mother.
But here it gets even more interesting. On Mary Anns wedding to George Winn, we have on the record, George WINN marriage to Mary Ann Sprigg, First witness William Hindmarch, Second witness Priscilla Spriggs Edwd Scott. Now it could be a coincidence, BUT, I am really leaning towards a joint family somehow. Either Mary Ann Sprigg is an "unrecorded" birth or in a county further away, OR maybe Priscilla took care of her and Mary Ann "adopted" her "mothers" name of Sprigg, or its a different Sprigg family. I cannot find any links, no matter how I cross check Mary Anns in Northumberland or anywhere or a "mother" names Priscilla.
Am I reaching too far?, or am I missing a vital clue.
I have placed George Winn in a separate lineage for the time being, but I think he may be somehow connected to the other Wind Lines, the names are often interchanged. On Durhamrecordsonline there are four Georges marriages but only three in the timeframe that appear to show they are separate people/families.:
Gateshead 1817 George Wind Mary Coates
Newcastle 1820 George Wind Hannah Galley
Newcastle 1824 George Winn Mary Ann Spriggs Witness Priscilla Sprigg
Chester-le-Street 1832 George Wind Jane Lonsedale
Chester-le-Street 1827 Henry Wind Elizabeth Sprigg (Dau Priscilla (Craig) Sprigg)
1 I am not sure of Georges parents, to link him would be great
2 Is this a Winn/Sprigg coincidence or an actual wider family?
3 Is Priscilla the mother of both Mary and Elizabeth?
Thanks so much for any thoughts. While it does not solve my Wind brickwall, it may link up a couple of families.